We plan to view the following books, and will discuss the provenances of some of the more interesting volumes.
 

AUTHOR       Euclid.
TITLE        Elements.
TITLE        Euclidis Megarensis mathematici clarissimi Elementorum
               geometricorum libri XV : Cum expositione Theonis in priores
               XIII ´a Bartholomaeo Veneto latinitate donata, Campani in omnes,
               & Hypsiclis Alexandrini in duos postremos. His adiecta sunt
               Phaenomena, Catoptrica & Optica, deinde Protheoria Marini &
               Data, postrem´um uer´o, Opusculum de leui & ponderoso, hactenus
               non uisum, eiusdem autoris.
IMPRINT      Basileae, per Ionnem Hervagivm, 1546.
DESCRIPT'N   4 p.{190}., 587, [1] p. diagrs. 33 cm.
NOTE         Head pieces; initials.
NOTE         Printer's device on t.-p. and on verso of last leaf.
NOTE         Imperfect: a large wormhole in some blank margins affecting the
               text in a few cases.
NOTE         First edition published 1537.
NOTE         A reissue of the Elements edited by LeF´evre, Paris, 1516 "with
               few changes but with the addition of the 'Phaenomena,
               Optica' ... etc. For the edition of 1537 the Paris edition ...
               was collated with 'a Greek copy' .. by Christian Herlin ..."
               cf. Heath, The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements.
OCLC #       8394468.

AUTHOR       Archimedes.
TITLE        Archimedis Opera: methodo nova illustrata & succinct´e
               demonstrata. Per Isaacum Barrow.
IMPRINT      Londini, excudebat Guil. Godbid, voeneunt apud R. Scott, 1675.
DESCRIPT'N   3 p.{190}., 285 [i.e. 173] p. diagrs. on 14 pl. 21 cm.
NOTE         Added t.-p.: Archimedis Opera: Apollonii Pergaei Conicorum libri
               IIII ... [v. 1]
NOTE         Errors in pagination.
OCLC #       2358751.

AUTHOR       Diophantus, of Alexandria.
TITLE        Arithmetica. Latin & Greek.
TITLE        Diophanti Alexandrini Arithmeticorum libri sex, et De numeris
               multangulis liber unus ; cum commentariis C. G. Bacheti v. c. &
               obseruationibus d. P. de Fermat ... Accessit Doctrinae
               analyticae inuentum nouum, collectum ex varijs eiusdem d. de
               Fermat epistolis.
IMPRINT      Tolosae : B. Bosc, 1670.
DESCRIPT'N   64, 341, 48 p. : ill. ; 34 cm.
NOTE         Large title vignette.
NOTE         Dedication signed: S. Fermat.
NOTE         Greek and Latin (Gulielmus Xylander's translation) in parallel
               columns.
NOTE         Published after the death of Pierre de Fermat by his son Samuel
               de Fermat.
NOTE         "Doctrinae analyticae inventvm novvm. Collectum ´a R.P. Iacobo de
               Billy": p. 1-36; and "Clavdii Gasparus Bacheti Sebvsiani, in
               Diophantvm porismatvm liber I [-III]": p. 37-64 preceding text.
NOTE         "Diophanti Alexandrini De mvltangvlis nvmeris", 42 p. at end
               including "Clavdii Gasparis Bacheti Sebvsiani Appendicis ad
               librvm de nvmeris polygonis liber primvs [et secundus]" (p. 19-               42)
OCLC #       3721943.

AUTHOR       Ptolemy, 2nd cent.
TITLE        Almagest.
TITLE        Ptolemaei mathematicæ constructionis liber primus græce & latine
               editus. Additæ explicationes aliquot locorum ab Erasmo
               Rheinholt Salueldensi.
IMPRINT      VVittebergae, ex officina Iohannis Lufft, anno 1549.
DESCRIPT'N   8 p. l., 123, [1] p., 1 l. tables, diagrs. 16 cm.
OCLC #       6701551.
LCCN         06006131.

AUTHOR       Brahmagupta, 7th cent.
TITLE        Algebra, with Arithmetic and mensuration, from the Sanskrit of
               Brahmegupta and Bh'ascara.  Translated by Henry Thomas
               Colebrooke.
IMPRINT      London, J. Murray, 1817.
DESCRIPT'N   lxxxiv, 378 p. 27 cm.
NOTE         The 12th and 18th chapters, Ganitadhyaya and Kuttakadhyaya,
               of Brahmagupta's Brahmasiddhanta; and the first two parts,
               Lilavati and Bijaganita, of Bhaskara's
               Siddhanta'siromani.
OCLC #       4169692.
LCCN         59055655.

AUTHOR       Tartaglia, Niccol´o, d. 1557.
TITLE        Qvesiti et inventioni diverse de Nicolo Tartalea brisciano.
IMPRINT      [Venetia, Stampata per V. Ruffinelli ad instantia et
               requisitione, & ´a proprio spese de Nicolo Tartalea brisciano
               autore, 1546]
DESCRIPT'N   [6], 5-132 {190}. port., diagrs. 21 cm.
NOTE         Woodcut (portrait of the author) on title page.
NOTE         Dedication: "Al clementissimo, et invittissimo Henrico, Ottavo,
               per la Dio gratia re de Anglia, de Francia, et de Hibernia, &."
NOTE         Signatures: A6, B-Z4, Aa-Kk4.
NOTE         Contains book-plate of Pierre Duhem.
NOTE         Annotated in cntemporary(?) hand.
OCLC #       2124901.

AUTHOR       Cardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576.
TITLE        Hieronymi Cardani mediolanensis, medici, De subtilitate libri
               XXI; iam postremo, ab authore plusquam mille locis illustrati,
               nonnullis etiam cum additionibus, addita insuper apologia
               aduersus calumniatorem, qua uis horum librorum aperitur.
IMPRINT      Basileae, Apud Sebastianum Henricpetri [1552]
DESCRIPT'N   [80], 1148 p. illus., diagrs. 17 cm.
NOTE         Printer's mark on t.-p.
ALT TITLE    De subtilitate libri XXI.
OCLC #       7109352.

AUTHOR       Fibonacci, Leonardo, ca. 1170-ca. 1240.
TITLE        Opuscoli di Leonardo Pisano / pubblicati da Baldassarre
               Boncompagni secondo la lezione di un codice della Biblioteca
               Ambrosiana di Milano.
EDITION      2. ed.
IMPRINT      Firenze : Tipografia Galileiana di M. Cellini, 1856.
DESCRIPT'N   xxvii, 127 p., [1] p., 1 leaf of plates : chart ; 24 cm.
NOTE         Includes bibliographical references.
SUBJECT      Mathematics -- Early works to 1800.
ALT NAME     Biblioteca ambrosiana. Manuscript. (E.75.Sup.)
ALT NAME     Boncompagni, Baldassarre, 1821-1894.
OCLC #       4009220.

AUTHOR       Vi'ete, François, 1540-1603.
TITLE        Francisci Vietae Opera mathematica, in unum volumen congesta, ac
               recognita, oper´a atque studio Francisci ´a Schooten.
IMPRINT      Lvgdvni Batavorvm, ex officin´a Bonaventuræ & Abrahami
               Elzeviriorum, 1646.
DESCRIPT'N   6 p.{190}., 554 p. illus., diagrs. 31 cm.
NOTE         Printer's device on t.-p.
NOTE         Title in red and black; head and tail pieces; initials.
OCLC #       3501032.
LCCN         26006234.
 

AUTHOR       Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
TITLE        Geometria ´a Renato Des Cartes anno 1637 gallic´e edita; postea
               autem un´a cum notis Florimondi de Beavne ... gallic´e con
               scriptis in latinam linguam versa, & commentariis illustrata,
               oper´a atque studio Francisci ´a Schooten ... nunc demum ab eodem
               diligenter recognita, locupletioribus commentariis instructa,
               multis´que egregiis accessionibus, tam ad uberiorem
               explicationem, qu´am ad ampliandam hujus geometriae excellentiam
               facientibus, exornata, quorum omnium catalogum pagina versa exhibet.
IMPRINT      Amstelaedami, apud Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios, 1659.
DESCRIPT'N   2 v. front. (port.), diagrs. 20 cm.
NOTE         Translation of G'eom'etrie.NOTE         Title vignettes: Elsevier device.
NOTE         On half-title of v.1: Editio secunda, multis accessionibus
               exornata, & plus alter´a sui parte adaucta.
NOTE         Vol.2 has half-title only; each part has special t.-p.
NOTE         Contains also "Johannis Huddenii Epistolae duae", v.1, p. 401
               -516; "Henrici van Heuraet Epistola", v.1, p. 517-520;
               "Johannis de Witt De elementis curvarum linearum libri duo",
               v.2, p. [153]-340.
OCLC #       7448338.

AUTHOR       Wallis, John, 1616-1703.
TITLE        A treatise of algebra, both historical and practical. Shewing the
               original, progress, and advancement thereof, from time to time;
               and by what steps it hath attained to the heighth at which it
               now is. With some additional treatises, I. Of the Cono
               -cuneus ... II. Of angular sections; and other things relating
               thereunto, and to trigonometry. III. Of the angle of
               contact ... IV. Of combinations, alternations, and aliquot parts. By John Wallis ..
IMPRINT      London, Printed by J. Playford, for R. Davis, 1685.
DESCRIPT'N   10 p.{190}., 374 (i.e. 372) p., 2 {190}., 17 p., 1 {190}., 76 (i.e. 176) p.
               front. (port.) fold. pl., diagrs. 33 cm.
NOTE         The additional treatises have each a special t.-p. (the first three dated 1684)
NOTE         Wing W613.
NOTE         Imperfect: portrait and 2 p.{190}. wanting.
NOTE         With this is bound (as issued?): Caswell, J. A brief (but full)
               account of the doctrine of trigonometry. 1685.
OCLC #       5128337.
LCCN         26005780 //r79.

AUTHOR       Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727.
TITLE        The method of fluxions and infinite series; with its application
               to the geometry of curve-lines ... Translated from the author's
               Latin original, not yet made publick. To which is subjoin'd, A
               perpetual comment upon the whole work, consisting of
               annotations, illustrations, and supplements ... By John
               Colson ..
IMPRINT      London, Printed by H. Woodfall, and sold by J. Nourse, 1736.
DESCRIPT'N   iv, ix-xxiv, 144, [143]-339, [2] p. front., diagrs., tables. 26
               cm.
NOTE         An unfinished posthumous work, first published in the Latin
               original in v. 1 of the Opera omnia (Londini, J. Nichols, 1779-
               85) under title: Artis analyticae specimina, vel Geometria
               analytica. Another translation, without Colson's commentary,
               appeared London, 1737 as A treatise on the method of fluxions
               and infinite series.
NOTE         The commentary consists of annotations on the introduction, and
               on the first and second problems.
NOTE         "A perpetual comment upon the foregoing treaties": p. [141]-339.
OCLC #       1029541.
LCCN         42048007.

AUTHOR       Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.
TITLE        Opera omnia, nunc primum collecta, in classes distributa,
               pr{181}fationibus & indicibus exornata, studio Ludovici Dutens.
IMPRINT      Genevæ, Apud Fratres de Tournes, 1768.
DESCRIPT'N   6 v. illus., plates, diagrs. 25 cm.
NOTE         Some of the plates and diagrams in v. 2-3 are attached to blank
               leaves at the end of the volumes.
NOTE         t. 1, quo theologica continentur.--t. 2, in duas partes
               distributus, quarum I. continet logicam & metaphysicam; II.
               physicam generalem, chymiam, medicinam, botanicam, historiam
               naturalem, artes &c.--t. 3, continens opera mathematica--t. 4,
               in tres partes distributus, quarum I. continet philosophiam in
               genere, & opuscula Sinenses attigentia. II. historiam &
               antiquitates. III. jurisprudentiam.--t. 5, continens opera
               philologica.--t. 6, in duas partes distributus, quarum I.
               continet philologicorum continuationem, II. collectanea
               etymologica.
OCLC #       3833614.
LCCN         56054586.

AUTHOR       Bernoulli, Jakob, 1654-1705.
TITLE        Jacobi Bernoulli ... Ars conjectandi, opus posthumum. Accedit
               Tractatus de seriebus infinitis, et epistola gallic´e scripta de
               ludo pilae reticularis.
IMPRINT      Basileae, impensis Thurnisiorum, fratrum, 1713.
DESCRIPT'N   [4], 306, 35, [1] p. diagrs. (1 fold.), tables (2 fold.) 21 cm.
NOTE         Printer's mark on title page.
OCLC #       7073795.

AUTHOR       Agnesi, Maria Gaetana, 1718-1799.
TITLE        Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventu' italiana di Dna
               Maria Gaetana Agnesi Milanese dell' Accademia delle scienze di
               Bologna.
IMPRINT      Milano, Nella Regia-ducal corte, 1748.
DESCRIPT'N   2 v. 2 fold. tab., diagrs. on 59 fold. pl. 26 cm.
NOTE         Paged continuously.
NOTE         t.1. libro 1. Dell' analisi delle quantit´a finite.--t.2. libro 2.
               Del calcolo differenziale. libro 3. Del calcolo integrale.
               libro 4. Del metodo inverso delle tangenti.
OCLC #       1462775.
LCCN         04028081.

AUTHOR       Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.
TITLE        Introductio in analysin infinitorum. Auctore Leonhardo Eulero.
IMPRINT      Lausannae, M. M. Bousquet and socios., 1748.
DESCRIPT'N   2 v. 1 fold. table., diagrs. on 40 fold. pl. 24 cm.
NOTE         Vol. 1 has engraved half-title.
NOTE         Head and tail pieces: initials.
NOTE         t.1. Explicationem de functionibus quantitatum variablilum: earum
               resolutione in factores, atque evolutione per series infinitas:
              una cum doctrina de logarithmis, arcubus circularibus, eorumque
               sinubus & tangentibus; pluribusque aliis rebus, quibus analysis
               infinitorum non mediocriter adjuvatur.--t.2. Theoriam linearum
               curvarum una cum appendice de superficiebus.
OCLC #       2684102.
LCCN         55053661.

AUTHOR       Cauchy, Augustin Louis, Baron, 1789-1857.
TITLE        Cours d'analyse de l'´Ecole royale polytechnique; par m. Augustin-
               Louis Cauchy ... 1re partie. Analyse alg´ebrique.
IMPRINT      [Paris] Imprimerie royale, 1821.
DESCRIPT'N   2 p. l., xiv, [2], 576 p. 22 cm.
NOTE         No more published.
OCLC #       12732656.
LCCN         44043953.